Moonwalker

Ever since I started to play on RIO (last December) software crash occurs pretty frequently, like once every hour or so. Combined with not having a sit back in button it’s becoming pretty frustrating. But my friend told me that he didn’t have this kind of problem at all. So I open this thread just to see if anyone else is experiencing the same issue. And hopefully it could be fixed soon.

Feb. 12, 2019 | 3:47 p.m.

Crashes still happen from time to time. Since sit back in option hasn't been fixed as well, most of the time I just have to frequently close and rejoin tables after every crash. I wonder if anyone else was experiencing the same thing.

Feb. 8, 2019 | 5:21 a.m.

Played two sessions since yesterday, experienced a client crack in both. The client just closed itself suddently. Luckily my hand was still there when I reopened the software. Besides that everything was awesome. STP was more fun than expected

Feb. 1, 2019 | 12:11 a.m.

Poker is a combination of art and science. There used to be way more art than science decades ago when everyone was a feel player. But nowadays it has become completely the opposite, especially online, which makes the game so boring for us recs. The way I see it Phil is trying everything to turn things around! Absolutely loving the idea!

Feb. 1, 2019 | 12:04 a.m.

Interested in what happened here cuz from my experience with Kalapoju back when we were battling NL200 he is a really nice guy. Definitely the most friendly one I met on Pokerstars HU pool. OP on the other hand is not so friendly.

Jan. 12, 2019 | 1:40 a.m.

Hey Nick! Remember I asked about deposit options regarding China couple weeks ago? I received a beta test invitaion last week and made my first deposit using EcoPayz just now. Just wanna let you know that the process is incredibly easy and fast. Best experience since pre black friday Full Tilt. Great work!

Dec. 10, 2018 | 1:40 p.m.

Will I be able to play at launch in China? Sick of collusions in App based sites already! Also curious about deposit and withdrawal methods regarding China if I was able to play cuz it’s usually a pain in the ass in most cases when I played on other sites

Nov. 23, 2018 | 7:48 a.m.

If I may ask what’s my options regarding deposit and cash out as a Chinese player? I know how it works in weatern countries cuz I used to live abroad but in China it seems the only way to cash out on Pokerstars is playing their live mtt using the money in your account.

April 13, 2018 | 12:10 a.m.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/internet-poker/announcement-pokerstars-changes-rake-spin-go-prizes-battle-planets-1485512/, what an announcement. It will start after...well...3 days. I think Hyper Tubro HUSNG players suffer the most. Their action has already been screwed by Spin&Go and now this. And we can say goodbye to the profitability of any low stakes HU battle, either in HU tables or empty 6-Max tables.

Moreover, I think low stakes PLO is probably no longer worth playing at all. According to another thread earlier, http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/153/high-stakes-pl-omaha/rake-analysis-between-plo-nlhe-incl-zoom-1461881/, the winrate in PLO regular tables is only slightly better than that in NLH regular tables of the same level while the winrate in Zoom PLO is absurb...Even North Korean people can earn a better hourly rate than Zoom PLO25 players. And that's all before the change. So it is reasonable to guess that after the change the winrate in, say, PLO50 would be the same as NL50, if not less.

So here comes the question. In finance people measure the performance of a portfolio by Sharp Ratio, which equals risk premium divided by volatility. Basically it means you need to consider both reward and risk when you judge an investment. Thus the question is, if we can only win the same in both NLH and PLO, why do we bear the much bigger variance? For fun? Yes PLO is way more fun than NLH, but if you are a serious player who is trying to make a living playing poker. Fun should not be your priority. George Soros, one of the best hedge fund managers, if not the best, said once, "Good investing is boring". In this case, good investing refers to NLH.

Any thoughts?

Oct. 30, 2014 | 11 p.m.

I wonder what's your calling range facing random shove from unknown players, would the range be slightly different if you open normally and villian makes a 40x 3bet compare to the guy just open shove his stack ?

May 11, 2014 | 10:44 p.m.

I think I would like to put this specific hand into my x/c range to pretect stuff like AK or AQ, your opponent's entire range has at most 2 outs on you expcet 22, which I doubt he'll defend in sb at the first place if he's a reg. By checking you keep them in the pot and give them chance to hit something with their air which then might pay you off for one street or two. I will x/c two street and mostly likely c/r river unless I have some very strong reads that I was outdrawed.

May 6, 2014 | 1:55 a.m.

I think 2 digits winrate @ a regular table might be possible but in zoom games you have to share every fish with the whole player pool. Can't imagine someone who dominates that hard stays in that level.

May 6, 2014 | 1:49 a.m.

That's what I assumed...I always think that 5bb/100 was the limit @ any zoom games. Anyone with a better winrate than that would be moving up already. I didn't move up because as I said before, my "evbb" was 4bb+/100 but my actual winrate was only 2bb+/100 so Pokerstars screwed me pretty hard. In April I played only 28k hands yet ran 18.5 bi under ev. Can't believe it's a NLHE downswing, if I was playing PLO I probably gone broke already. Anyway thx for your reply

May 4, 2014 | 9:42 p.m.

Yes Christoph Vogelsang is a German but currently located in London as he studys Finance as a masters student in LSE, The London School of Economics and Political Science. I like him so much because I am a masters student major in Finance myself but in a much less famous university and play much lower stakes poker.

BTW if you had watched the whole episode of that EPT High Roller, you would have learnt what I know :-)

May 4, 2014 | 2:38 a.m.

26071985=Tight-Man1=Christoph Vogelsang，he shows up in live circuit recently and I have a lot of respect to this guy. He plays the highest stakes online and meantime studys in LSE for master degree in Risk and Finance. How could you do those two things at the same time?!

May 3, 2014 | 10:02 p.m.

I have to defend Mush and NoHubris here. They are the most keen members of the forum and I am one of those who benefits from their posts. There is nothing unusual if they give hearts to each other's posts so frequently since they do post more frequently than others and those posts are usually helpful. Also it's understandable for someone to give a lot of hearts to certian people just because he likes the other guy. For example, if Phil post something, anything, it would be highly likely to recevie hearts from everyone who reads it. However I find it abusrb for OP to receive hearts from those ridiculously meaningless post as NoHubris showed us. IMO if the post is pointless poker wise then in order to deserve a heart it should at least contain something funny like a picture or whatnot.

May 2, 2014 | 3:17 a.m.

As someone who plays NL25 frequently, I think a reasonable reg here would donk both strong draws and sets, but they usually don't going to details on flop texture with this coarse balance strategy, since 77 is the only set combo possible here and 7 fell on the turn. I think this is a must call. However if you have specific reads things would be different. There are tons of fish in NL25 who are totally unpredictable. Something with a 7 won't be out of the question and you do need to worry about stuff like KQ. But overall I still think it's a easy call since your hand is too strong to fold and the turn is perfect for you.

May 2, 2014 | 3:10 a.m.

Regarding your stack size I think you should 4bet larger or just fold. With this price plus the implied odds and position I'm defending with my entire 3betting range here. It creates too good of a spot for CO to 5bet light, or, if he's calling, his range either got you dominated or play well against you in position. There's nothing you can do with both of you are deep and he's got relative position on you, it is part of the game when good opponents take advantage of you under this kind of situation, and at the end of the day, KJs does belong to the bottom of the UTG opening range.

May 1, 2014 | 4:12 a.m.

Didn't play much due to mid-term exams. Got straight As so good run at exams. But hell I ran like shit in poker. 28k hands and ran 18.5 bi under ev. Miss those days I played live in my homeland China and never had a losing month or even a losing streak in 2 years. btw anyone can offer me some help regarding my other thread? http://www.runitonce.com/chatter/zoom-winrate/ Appreciate any useful information

May 1, 2014 | 4:03 a.m.

Thx for your reply. As a matter of fact, I have read this whole thread before I posting here. His ev winrate is 5bb/100 actually. But first of all, I'd imagine this guy to be the very best player in the player pool. Secondly, it's been a year so the game should be tougher nowadays. Rake at NL25 is 8bb/100 which sucks. But it's nearly the same in NL50, therefore if I can't beat NL50 for at least 2bb+ it's meaningless to stand the higher variance. Is a 4bb/100 good enough winrate to consider moving up?

April 30, 2014 | 9:30 p.m.

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